JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (May 10, 2022) – Cmdr. Leslie Trippe, department head of the Environmental Surveillance and Epidemiology Departments of Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio’s Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine Directorate, describes the intricacies of dental handpieces to Dr. Martin LaFrance, portfolio manager for Directed Energy, Combat Casualty Care Research Program, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, during a tour of NAMRU San Antonio facilities at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Building. Additionally, Trippe explained how the handpieces can become transmitters of bacteria and requirements of instrument sterilization. NAMRU San Antonio’s mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DoD and is one of eight subordinate research commands in the global network of laboratories operating under Naval Medical Research Center in Silver Spring, Md. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)
Date Taken: | 05.10.2022 |
Date Posted: | 05.11.2022 16:03 |
Photo ID: | 7190600 |
VIRIN: | 220510-N-ND850-0007 |
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Location: | SAN ANTONIO, TX, US |
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